ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police have released the name of a man who died Tuesday in a traffic crash.
Police say 57-year-old Joseph Pineda died.
The cause of death remains under investigation. Police say Pineda may have suffered a medical problem before the crash.
Pineda shortly before 5 p.m. was driving south on Elmore Road in east Anchorage and made a right turn onto Dowling Road.
However, his car crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a sport utility vehicle head-on.
Doctors at an Anchorage hospital pronounced Pineda dead.
Two people in the SUV were treated for injuries police describe as non-life-threatening.
